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Where does “կարիք” come from?

կարիք (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian իք, from Old Armenian ի-, from Old Armenian հի-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

կարիք (Old Armenian): necessity, want, indigence, constraint,...

Definitions

  1. necessity, want, indigence, constraint,...

Ancestry of “կարիք”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianիքsome, a, an, certain; is, there is; what is, what...
2Old Armenianի-thing; what?
3Old Armenianհի-something
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “կարիք”

  • կարեւոր
  • կարիք
  • կարեւոր
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